• 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    “context does not matter” is exactly what you’re saying but whatever it is obvious to me that you haven’t read more than the first paragraph of the wikkpedia article.

    • TheChurn@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Context does not matter is exactly what you’re saying

      No, what I am saying is you can’t blame every bad thing about the Korean peninsula on the US. Did the US recognize the PRK? Nope, they suppressed it. Should they have recognized it? Probably.

      Did the Soviets recognize the PRK? Nope, they usurped it. Should they have recognized it? Probably.

      Did the existence of the PRK change the trajectory of the peninsula towards separation and civil war? No, it was hardly a speed bump to the imperial power of the USSR and US.

      The PRK is an interesting historical anecdote, but it is irrelevant when discussing the Korean War.